13.3 PTM Upgrade Process Overview

Table 13-2 provides an overview of the process for upgrading your PTM Appliance and other PlateSpin components in a PlateSpin Migration Factory environment. For best results, perform the upgrade in the recommended order.

Table 13-2 Overview of PTM Upgrade Process

Task

Description

Prepare for upgrade.

Perform the prerequisite tasks in Preparing for Upgrade in the order shown in Table 14-1, Checklist for Preparing to Upgrade the PTM Appliance.

Upgrade the PTM Appliance from version 2019.2 to version 2019.5.

See Replacing the PTM Appliance VM.

PTM Server verifies the versions of the PlateSpin Migrate Connector and PlateSpin Migrate servers and accepts connections only from those servers that run the same release version.

Upgrade remote PlateSpin Migrate Connector instances and configure them for the PTM Appliance.

See Upgrade Remote PlateSpin Migrate Connectors.

PlateSpin Migrate Connector verifies the version of the PTM Server and PlateSpin Migrate servers and connects only with those servers that run the same release version.

If you have PlateSpin Migrate 2019.2 servers defined for the Project, you must upgrade them to PlateSpin Migrate 2019.5.

After you have updated a Connector for a project, you can begin to upgrade the PlateSpin Migrate servers assigned to that Connector.

See Upgrading PlateSpin Migrate Servers.

After the upgrade is complete for all components in your PlateSpin Migration Factory environment, you can resume migration activities.

See Post-Upgrade Tasks.